330 An Indenture for building a House at Salisbury. 



alabaster, and the instructions for carrying out the work most elabo- 

 rate and minute ; the contract is written in French and expressed in 

 terms very similar to those of the Salisbury indenture. This Ralph 

 Greene was descended from the ancient family of Maudit, Lords of 

 Warminster. The Maudits flourished from the reign of Henry I. to 

 that of Richard II. , when it merged in the family of Greene, Lord 

 of Drayton, Co. Northampton, in whom the manors of Westbury 

 and Warminster continued for a certain period. Some notice of the 

 family will be found in Hoare's " Hundred of Warminster/'' as well 

 as a reprint of the whole of the curious contract for the tomb. The 

 last will of Henry VI. contains a minute and technical description 

 of his colleges of Eton and Cambridge. 



" This Indenture ymade at Newe Salesbury the xvj day of Decembre yn the 

 xxiij u , zere of the regnyng of Kyng Harry the vj te . bytwene William Ludlowe 

 of the on party and John Fayrebowe carpenter of Busshopestrowe yn the 

 countie of Wiltes of the other party Witnessith that the seyde John shal make 

 to the seyde William an hows with ynne the Boor azeynst the Market place of 

 Salesbury forseyd conteynyng yn lengthe lxiij. fot and with ynne the wallys 

 .xx u . fote And the groundsilles yn brede of xv ynche And yn thiknesse x ynch 

 And xiiij principal postis eny post xvi fote of lengthe and yn brede xiij ynche 

 and yn thiknesse xij ynche And every somer * yn brede xvj ynche and yn 

 thiknesse xv ynche And every juyste viij ynche yn thiknesse and ix ynche in 

 brede And x ynche by twene every juyste And every byndyngbeme yn thiknesse 

 ix ynche and yn brede xv ynche And every walplate of viij ynche yn thik- 

 nesse and ix ynche yn brede And every cours restour iiij ynche thikke at the 

 top and at the fote v ynche And of brede vij ynche at the fote and v ynche at 

 the top And with vj wyndowes clenly accordaunt And ij stayers And by twene 

 every restour ix ynche And the Sideresons yn brede of xj ynche and vj ynches 

 of thiknesse with braces wel accordyng. Whiche hows above seyde shal be 

 wel and trewly made of sufficiant tymber and clene withoute sape or wyndshake 

 reprevable and redy to be set up and arered by the feste of the Nativite of oure 

 Lady next comyng after this present date. To the whiche hows the seyde John 

 shal fynde alle maner tymber bordis for doris and for wyndowes and stodes to 

 alle the walles. And the seyde William shal fynde al maner naylle yregare f 

 breydyng J helyng § wallyng and masons work thereto langyng Also ij men 



* A main beam or girder ; the name is now seldom used except in the composite term breast- 

 sommer. The breast-summer was that summer which was in the front of a wooden house, as it is 

 now used for the great beam in front over a shop window.— Parker's Glossary, 



+ i.e„ Iron gear. 



% Boarding. 



§The covering or roof of a house. 



